Patents by Inventor Michael Gershunovsky

Michael Gershunovsky has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230062881
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a sender device, a request to initiate a transfer of an asset to a recipient; causing a user interface to be presented on the sender device to receive an input of an amount of the asset to be transferred; causing an indication of the transfer of the asset to be presented via the user interface in association with a graphical icon representing a gift wrapping that conceals at least some information regarding a payload associated with the transfer; associating the graphical icon with the payload to generate a gift-wrapped element that includes the amount and the information regarding the payload; causing a notification to be sent to a recipient device of the recipient that includes the gift wrapped element; and causing assets in the amount to be withdrawn from an account of the sender and transferred to an account of the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Alan PAULIN, Peter Westen, Shawn Welch, Daniel Federman, Michael Gershunovsky, Ayokunle Omojola
  • Patent number: 11562339
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a payment server and from a messaging application executing on a first mobile device operated by a first user, a request to initiate a payment transaction using a payment application. The request includes a payment amount and an identifier associated with the first user. The method includes facilitating a first adjustment to a balance associated with the financial account of the first user in the data store identified based on the identifier. The method includes generating a link associated with the first adjustment and transmitting the link to the first mobile device. The method includes, upon receiving from a second user operating a messaging application, an indication that the second user has interacted with the link within the messaging application, facilitating a second adjustment of a balance of a financial account of the second user according to the payment amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Paulin, Peter Westen, Shawn Welch, Daniel Federman, Michael Gershunovsky, Ayokunle Omojola
  • Publication number: 20210166213
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a payment server and from a messaging application executing on a first mobile device operated by a first user, a request to initiate a payment transaction using a payment application. The request includes a payment amount and an identifier associated with the first user. The method includes facilitating a first adjustment to a balance associated with the financial account of the first user in the data store identified based on the identifier. The method includes generating a link associated with the first adjustment and transmitting the link to the first mobile device. The method includes, upon receiving from a second user operating a messaging application, an indication that the second user has interacted with the link within the messaging application, facilitating a second adjustment of a balance of a financial account of the second user according to the payment amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Alan Paulin, Peter Westen, Shawn Welch, Daniel Federman, Michael Gershunovsky, Ayokunle Omojola
  • Patent number: 10949829
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for processing a payment request. A mobile device associated with a payor may generate a user interface having two screen portions. The first screen portion may be configured to display received and sent messages and further configured to receive a command to transmit a message. The second screen portion may be configured to access a third-party application and configured to populate a new message with a payload. The mobile device may receive an inputted amount in the second screen portion representing the payment amount. The mobile device may transmit a request including the payor's identification and the payment amount to a third-party Payment Processing System (PPS) and receive a payload from the PPS. The mobile device may populate and transmit a message to the recipient that contains the payload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Paulin, Peter Westen, Shawn Welch, Daniel Federman, Michael Gershunovsky, Ayokunle Omojola
  • Publication number: 20180114211
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for processing a payment request. A mobile device associated with a payor may generate a user interface having two screen portions. The first screen portion may be configured to display received and sent messages and further configured to receive a command to transmit a message. The second screen portion may be configured to access a third-party application and configured to populate a new message with a payload. The mobile device may receive an inputted amount in the second screen portion representing the payment amount. The mobile device may transmit a request including the payor's identification and the payment amount to a third-party Payment Processing System (PPS) and receive a payload from the PPS. The mobile device may populate and transmit a message to the recipient that contains the payload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Alan PAULIN, Peter WESTEN, Shawn WELCH, Daniel FEDERMAN, Michael GERSHUNOVSKY, Ayokunle OMOJOLA
  • Publication number: 20180075444
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for processing a payment request. A server may receive a request to transmit a message generated on a payor's mobile device to a second user's mobile device, where the request includes a message including a payload and an identifier for the second user. The payload may not include any information or identifiers associated with the second user. The server may transmit the message and payload from the payor's mobile device to the second user's mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Alan PAULIN, Peter WESTEN, Shawn WELCH, Daniel FEDERMAN, Michael GERSHUNOVSKY, Ayokunle OMOJOLA
  • Patent number: 9886689
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for processing a payment request from a payor's mobile device. Payment Processing System (PPS) server may receive a payment request from a payor's mobile device, including an amount to pay but not any identification of a recipient. The PPS server may increment a balance of an escrow account and decrement a balance of the payor's account according to the amount of the request. The PPS server may generate a token, associated with the escrow account, including an alphanumeric string based on a random value generator. The PPS server may also generate a payload based on the token and transmit the payload to the payor's mobile device. Upon the recipient receiving and activating the payload, the PPS server may decrement the escrow account and increment the recipient's account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Paulin, Peter Westen, Shawn Welch, Daniel Federman, Michael Gershunovsky, Ayokunle Omojola
  • Patent number: 9881296
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for processing a payment request. A mobile device associated with a payor may generate a user interface having two screen portions. The first screen portion may be configured to display received and sent messages and further configured to receive a command to transmit a message. The second screen portion may be configured to access a third-party application and configured to populate a new message with a payload. The mobile device may receive an inputted amount in the second screen portion representing the payment amount. The mobile device may transmit a request including the payor's identification and the payment amount to a third-party Payment Processing System (PPS) and receive a payload from the PPS. The mobile device may populate and transmit a message to the recipient that contains the payload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Paulin, Peter Westen, Shawn Welch, Daniel Federman, Michael Gershunovsky, Ayokunle Omojola
  • Patent number: D837227
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Paulin, Peter Westen, Shawn Welch, Daniel Federman, Michael Gershunovsky, Ayokunle Omojola
  • Patent number: D947209
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Paulin, Peter Westen, Shawn Welch, Daniel Federman, Michael Gershunovsky, Ayokunle Omojola